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PRIMEd for Health: California Medical Schools Focus on Underserved Communities

University of California medical leaders are cultivating a growing cadre of dedicated students and physicians working in a program that trains them in understanding and working with specific underserved populations.

June 6, 2019

•Health Equity

Quick Read

Innovation Landscape: Telehealth MAT

This brief provides an overview of the developing but nascent landscape of organizations using telehealth to deliver medication-assisted treatment.

June 5, 2019

•Technology and Innovation

Data Insight

Almanac Shows Slower National Health Spending Growth, But Major Challenges Persist

The newest CHCF Almanac notes that growth in national health spending slowed to 3.9% in 2017, most recent year with available data. It’s the slowest pace since 2013 and lower than the overall growth rate of the US economy.

June 5, 2019

•Health Care Costs/Affordability

Behind the Headline

Former NIMH Director Joins Newsom Team as Mental Health Adviser

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Former National Institute of Mental Health Director Thomas Insel will lead efforts to reorganize California’s mental health delivery system.

May 31, 2019

•Health Workforce

External Resource

Mapping the Future of Individual Health Insurance

May 30, 2019

External Resource

Covered California and Individual Health Insurance

May 30, 2019

Data Insight

Affordability on California’s Individual Market Under the ACA

This issue brief explores trends in key data on the affordability of health coverage in California, to highlight both progress and remaining challenges to affordability on the state’s individual market under the ACA.

May 30, 2019

•Health Care Costs/Affordability

Expert Perspective

To Switch or Not to Switch — That Is the Question

The role of electronic health records is evolving in most California community health centers, a trend that is challenging managers to consider changing systems to keep up with changing needs.

May 29, 2019

•Primary Care

Report

Health Information Exchange Metrics and Evaluation Strategy for California

This report outlines a proposed strategy for measuring and evaluating the activity of California’s regional health information organizations, which are poised for growth under the new California Health Information Exchange Onboarding Program.

May 29, 2019

•Technology and Innovation

Behind the Headline

When the Practitioner Becomes the Patient

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Kathy Brandt is a nationally recognized expert in palliative health care, but nothing has acquainted her more intimately with the subject than her decision to seek it for herself.

May 24, 2019

•Health Workforce

Expert Perspective

California Surgeon General Puts Spotlight on Childhood Trauma

California’s first surgeon general wants the state’s health care system to understand the impact that childhood trauma has on lifelong health outcomes. Nadine Burke Harris told us how she’ll accomplish that.

May 23, 2019

•Behavioral Health

Behind the Headline

Proposed Poverty Calculation Would Make More People Ineligible for Medicaid

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The Trump administration is seeking public comment on possible changes to the formula that sets the federal poverty guideline — an action that could reduce access to safety-net programs for millions.

May 17, 2019

•Health Insurance Coverage

Feature Story

Committed Physician Recruits Young People to Diversify Health Care Workforce

Jocelyn Freeman Garrick, a no-nonsense doctor from Oakland’s Highland Hospital, is on the lookout for youth from families with low incomes who could become future nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, and more.

May 16, 2019

•Health Workforce

Report

To Switch or Not to Switch: A Guide for Community Clinics Considering Changing EHRs

This guide will help community health center (CHC) leaders weigh the costs and benefits of remaining with their current electronic health record system (EHR) or switching to a different one. Many CHCs are considering this decision, as a shifting health…

May 9, 2019

•Technology and Innovation

Report

Community-Based Palliative Care Fee-For-Service Billing Strategies

May 8, 2019

•Older Adults

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PRIMEd for Health: California Medical Schools Focus on Underserved Communities

Innovation Landscape: Telehealth MAT

Almanac Shows Slower National Health Spending Growth, But Major Challenges Persist

Former NIMH Director Joins Newsom Team as Mental Health Adviser

Mapping the Future of Individual Health Insurance

Covered California and Individual Health Insurance

Affordability on California’s Individual Market Under the ACA

To Switch or Not to Switch — That Is the Question

Health Information Exchange Metrics and Evaluation Strategy for California

When the Practitioner Becomes the Patient

California Surgeon General Puts Spotlight on Childhood Trauma

Proposed Poverty Calculation Would Make More People Ineligible for Medicaid

Committed Physician Recruits Young People to Diversify Health Care Workforce

To Switch or Not to Switch: A Guide for Community Clinics Considering Changing EHRs

Community-Based Palliative Care Fee-For-Service Billing Strategies

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